réalisatrice

Interview with Laure Desmazières, director of Voyage à Santarém [Trip to Santarem] What inspired you to make this film?It’s a mix between my own personal experience and the temperament of my actress, Julia Perazzini. Julia had a small role in my previous film. I love her composure, her wit, her sometimes explosive presence. She has something you can love and hate. I wanted […]

Watch the interview with the French-Portuguese filmmaker Cristèle Alves Meira about her short film Tchau tchau selected in the 2022 National Competition (F8 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Amélie Bonnin about her short film Partir un jour selected in the 2022 National Competition (F11 programme).

Interview with Gina Kippenbroeck, director of Ensom Cowgirl [Lonely Cowgirl] How was Ensom cowgirl born?It started with a feeling and a mood, more than an actual plot or idea for a character. During a long and dark Copenhagen winter, I moved into a new apartment which had a quite dystopian view from the living room window. I did most of my developing and […]

Interview with Lila Pinell, director of Le roi David What gave you the urge to tell Shana’s story? Are some of the characters drawn from examples or experiences you have had in real life?I’ve wanted to tell Shana’s story since meeting the actress who plays her, Eva Huaut. I’ve known her since childhood and I’d lost touch with her for 7 years. When […]

Interview with Olive Nwosu, director of Egúngún [Masquerade] How was Egúngún born?Egúngún was born from a desire to investigate my own feelings about the idea of “Home”. As a wanderer, who has lived in many identities, this is a question I often grapple with: this sense of different lived lives, and possibilities of lives. How Fate takes us down one road – and […]

Interview with Ramata-Toulaye Sy, director of Astel Where did inspiration for Astel come from?From my personal experience, from the strong bond I had with my father when I was young and my fear of entering the female “world” at an age when I wasn’t ready yet. The story, Astel’s story, is one I lived through, not in Senegal but in France, in Bezons, […]

Interview with Marthe Sébille, director of Que la Bête monte Where did you get the idea for this rather supernatural adventure?This project has been in development for a very long time. It arose from life experience and my feminist and ecological convictions. A few years ago, I found myself stuck in a train in the middle of the countryside, and I had my […]

Interview with Émilie Pigeard, co-director of Babičino Seksualno Življenje [Granny’s Sexual Life] How did the idea of asking old women to speak about their sex life come to you and Urška? How did you manage to handle this sensitive topic with them?The idea for the film comes from a Slovenian book entitled Fire, Ass and Snakes Are Not Toys which transcribes the testimonies of women about […]

Interview with Eliane Esther Bots, director of In Flow of Words How was In Flow of Words born?In Flow of Words was born out of a coincidental meeting with one of the interpreters, Alma, whom I met at a film festival in our hometown The Hague. Alma was behind a camera and as a fellow filmmaker I approached her and asked what she […]